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Advertising at the highest end of the luxury market may be the last to get hit in an economic slump, but it's still going to get scathed before the ad market turns around, Nick Brien, who heads up Interpublic Group's Mediabrands, a holding company for media buying and planning agencies, told the Reuters Media Summit in New York.

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It’s easy to tell that Bud Selig, Major League Baseball’s commissioner, is a lifer, a true old-school fan with his dream job. He tells great stories about being a fan, a lifelong friend of icons like Hank Aaron, and is famous for being energetic when watching games live.

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Are people going to watch more TV because they've no money to go out? According to media buying and planning agency MPG -- a subsidiary of Havas, the world's sixth-largest ad firm -- the answer is no, unless the TV networks come up with better shows.

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AT&T is an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic team, which generally makes for great brand building. This year, however, marketing promises to be a little more complicated because of political tensions. Look no further than the protests that accompanied the international torch relay.